海大大学英语四课件.ppt

Warm-up questions
Read and summarize
Language points
Exercises
Group discussion
Passage B
A Manifesto for Men
Passage B
Think About It
Read About It
1. Does your father have a say in every aspect of your family life?
Yes, but not in every aspect. In my family, it’s my father who makes big or important decisions.
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2. Who is emotionally closer to you, your mother or your father? Why?
I feel my mother is closer to me, because she gives me more support emotionally when I get into trouble.
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3. What's the traditional role men are expected to take up in society?
Men are supposed to be breadwinners of a family, to be strong, confident and essful, etc.
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Extended Questions
1. What’s the division of labor like in your family?
2. When you get married and set up your own family in the future, what domestic roles do you expect yourself and your spouse to play?
Useful Tips
Main Family Roles:
earning money;
washing & cleaning;
cooking
shopping;
taking care of children/elderly parents,
making regular payments,
socializing,
making investments
Useful Words and Expressions
male/female-dominated,
overlapping roles,
breadwinner,
homemaker,
housewife,
full-time job,
part-time job,
poorly-paid,
work overtime,
make ends meet,
making family budgets,
making purchasing
decisions,
attending wedding ceremonies,
take care of children physically, emotionally and academically;
telephone, and ,
pay for monthly bills on electricity, gas, water,
deposit money mercial banks,
run business,
invest in stock markets,
main source of e,
an odd job(零活),
well-paid
Read passage B and generalize the writing characteristics